PART II—ELIGIBILITY, ASSESSMENT AND CONTRIBUTIONS

Assessment of resources7

1

The assessing authority shall:

a

subject to regulation 4(2), calculate the disposable income and disposable capital of the person concerned in accordance with regulations 16 to 37; and

b

calculate any contribution payable in accordance with regulations 38 and 39.

2

When calculating disposable income for the purposes of regulation 5(2), (3) or (5), the period of calculation shall be the seven days ending on the date of the application.

3

When calculating disposable income for the purposes of regulation 5(6), the period of calculation shall be the 12 months starting on the date of the application or such other 12 month period as the assessing authority considers appropriate, but if there is no other practicable means of ascertaining it, the income may be taken to be the income received during the previous year.

4

Where the assessing authority calculates that a client has disposable income or disposable capital of an amount which makes him ineligible to receive funded services, it shall refuse the application.